Amazingly, the fishing didn’t really kick off until the third morning of the six-nighter when the weather cooled and fish began showing beside an island.

Before that, Roger had already waited 24 hours to get in the swim and had then caught a comparatively modest five fish to 41lb close in.

45lb 2oz

“In the same swim during the same week last season a bloke had 35 fish, so it’s an area that’s always got fish in it at this time of year.

“When the temperature dropped and a bit of low pressure came in I started putting 15kg of bait in every morning.

A scaly 30

“In the end I used 80kg and I think I actually needed more bait. I had just one bite in the hours of darkness, so I was able to get six or seven hours of sleep each night before things kicked off during the day.”

Roger added: “On Grenville it’s a boilie-only water and the owner [Paul Ward] encourages you to bait heavily with quality boilies, so he’ll actually offer to bait up for you from his boat – so at least I wasn’t spodding out 15kg every morning!”

A mighty pec

28lb-plus

28lb-plus

35lb-plus

40-pounder

And another 40!

All the fish came to Nash Scopex Squid boilies with small pop-ups presented on Ronnie rigs made with Nash components.

“People use the expression ‘a session of a lifetime’ all the time, but it’s certainly my best session ever in 35 years of carp fishing and I honestly don’t think I’ll ever beat it.”